Actor Mads Mikkelsen attends The Salvation photocall during the Cannes Film Festival on May 17, 2014. (Photo by Andreas Rentz/Getty Images)
I couldn't help noticing that Mads Mikkelsen, Robert Pattinson

A lot of talk shows are still in summer reruns (Strombo, Ellen) or just regular reruns (Kimmel, Fallon, The View), but the rest of the field is lively and not dominated, for a change, by the push for one big movie.

NBC late night is on pause during the Olympics. Also, apologies for the number of tbas and otherwise sketchy schedule below. I'm writing this as I drive out of the underground garage and the wifi is terrible.

Jay Baruchel didn't need to be asked twice about appearing in David Cronenberg's Cosmopolis.
The Montreal actor was in New York City last year with his fiance, actress Alison Pill, when he got the call

There's a little bit of everything being promoted with guest appearances this week, but my two faves are Jeremy Piven, stumping for a dark little bit of business called I Melt with You and the luminous

I've been worrying about you. How are you? I mean, you know, without Regis Philbin holding forth on Live! with Kelly? I know. My eyes are still puffy from all the tissue dabbing since his last show, on Friday.